Self-described feminist Andrea Bazoin said: ‘Gender equality isn’t exactly a woman being able to be naked whenever she chooses. It’s a woman being able to make the same amount of money per hour as a man, for example.

‘Because she’s just as capable, just as educated, just as intelligent.’

Shop owner Carolyn Curto added: ‘Nobody over 25-years-old wants to show their boobs. Forget about it.’